The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-19
A MERITAL MISTAKE.
The Price an Old Man Paid to Be Released
From His Young Partner.

The Price an Old Man Paid to Be Released
From His Young Partner.
Salem. (III.) Special.
Louis Friesmer. respectable and substantial
farmer of Alma township. this (Marion) county,
some years since was left widower Although
he was we'll advanced in life, more than seventy
yearsof age, he concluded that itswas not good
come q candidate for matrimony, and not I'M
like other old wldowers who had preceded
him, he deemed it it and proper to solicit q
union with one of tender years. bushing
maiden With such an object in view he selected
from among his acquaintances Miss Emma q.
Crippen, to whom he made knowp his inten-
not unlike other maidens of the past and in lieu
of a certain written agreement. she entered into
q marriage contract with him. He
sessed Of considerable valuable real estate, and
by the articles of the agreement in the consum-
nation Of the marriage she was to receive
law. On the 4th day of December. 1884. at the
residence Of the brides father. C. II. Crippen,
tho twain was made one by III. c. Feltman. j. p
The manner in which the marriage had been
brought about, and the marriage itself. was tha
subject of much discussion. and various pre-
dictons were made in relation thereto by peo-
parties and familiar with the circumstances
connected with the union. In due course OF
time the affair was not mentioned. and the
young bride and the aged bridegroom continued
their relationship as husband and wife untillast
week, whom the rupture between them had
reached such . point that they fully deter
uIOe0 10 sever tue OOnuS OF unlOn
Judge j. r. Ragg, of this city, was
summoned to the Freisner residence to
whom was made known the state of affairs, and,
although contrary TO his advice and counsel and
representations, the husband. in his dotage por-
sisted in conveying the bulk Of his property. in
GLIDING the residence and aDpurtenances, to his
late companion, the young woman whom he was
eager to wed few years since. AS the Judges
efforts to dissuade him from SO disposnR of his
property were in vain, such an agreement was
properly drawn, duly subscribed to by the par
ties, properly acknowledged and afterward re.
corded and by it and through it the poor ole
man hath not where to lay his head.
The affair has called forth much comment
not only here, but in different localities in th(
county, as the parties are widely known. MANI
Of the neighbors and acquaintances highly
indignant over the result of the separation; and
It Is stated that the written agreement wal
brought about through fear as the aged hus
band was threatened with the law, and the
thoughts of q suit instituted against him
in court he contemplates with horror. Divorce
proceedings will probably be begun il the near
future by the wife, and through his fear OF the
law, in the event Of a divorce suit, he has cen
ssnted to make defense, regardless Of what
Ee may be charged with in the bill. It will thus
Be observed that in great measure the affair
IL deplorable one for the unfortunate husband,
and although is has already attracted wide.
spread attention the future IS likely to reveal
some startling developments whom the curtain
rises.